Peter Shelton (sculptor)

Peter Shelton was born in Troy, Ohio, on January 18, 1951. Shelton spent his early school years in Tempe, Arizona. He was a pre-medical student at Pomona College, Pomona, CA studying sociology, anthropology and theatre, before he received his B.A. in Fine Art in 1973. Shelton went on to earn a trade certificate in welding from the Hobart School of Welding Technology in Troy, Ohio, in 1974, and his M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979. ==Work==

Shelton's biography page at the Getty Museum notes that he "draws from a vocabulary both figural and abstract, anatomical and architectural." Shelton himself describes his work as follows: ==Awards and grants==

Awards include Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, 1987; John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship; Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, 1989; Flintridge Foundation Visual Artists Award, 1999/2000; and the St. Gaudens Memorial Fellowship, 2000. Shelton is part of collections such as Museum of Modern Art, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Panza Foundation, Milan, Italy; and Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland. Public commissions include ‘’sixbeastsandtwomonkeys’’ for the Police Administration Building in downtown Los Angeles, 2008-2009, ‘’thinmanlittlebird’’ for the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, 2008-2009, and ‘’cloudsandclunkers’’ at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Concours A), Seattle, WA, 2003. :Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship, 2000 :Flintridge Foundation Visual Artists Award, 1999-2000 :Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 1994, 1984, 1982, 1980 :John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1989 :Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, 1987 :Young Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985 ==Solo exhibitions and major projects==

Peter Shelton has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries in over fifty-five solo exhibitions and over one hundred and twenty group shows, including: • powerhousefrenchtablenecklaces, 2012. Sperone Westwater, New York, NY. • eyehand: Selected Sculpture from 1975–2011, 2011. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA. ::-Between 1984 and 2011, Shelton was presented in twenty-four solo and over forty-five total exhibitions at L.A. Louver, Venice, California, and Louver Gallery New York, NY. • redpocket, blackslot, uheader, and drawings, 2011. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. • blackelephanthouse, 1998. Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax, England (1998–99). • "sixtyslippers, 1997. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (1997). University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (1998). Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI (1999). Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (1999). • godspipes, 1989-98. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (1998). L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (2006). Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN (2008). • bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet, 1994. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. • Peter Shelton: Drawings and Sculptures, 1990-92. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (1990). Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1992). • thingsgetwet, 1989-2012. Louver Gallery New York, NY (1993). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (1994). Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (1997). Sperone Westwater, New York, NY (2012). • waxworks, 1989-99. Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (1988). Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (1989). San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (1989). • BLACKVAULTfalloffstone, 1988, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. • STRETCHspread, 1987. Lannan Museum, Lake Worth, FL (1988). Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2001). • TUBtubesandpipes, 1987. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (1987). Irvine Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA (1989). • HARDSTRETCHdroop, 1987. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. • floatinghouseDEADMAN, 1985-86. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (1986). Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (1987). Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN (1989). Louver Gallery New York, NY (1990). • pipegutwaterseatandSTANDSTILL, 1983-84. Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR (1984). • MAJORJOINTShangersandsquat, 1983. Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (1983). L.A. Louver and Malinda Wyatt Galleries, Los Angeles, CA (1984). • whiteroundHEAD, 1982. Artists Space, New York, NY. • trunknutsWHITEHEADfloater, 1981-82. Open Space Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1982). • NECKWALLfootscreensleeper, 1981. Malinda Wyatt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. • BROWNROOMS, 1977-78. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (1980). • BIRDHOUSEholecan, 1980. Chapman College, Orange, CA, in conjunction with the L.A. Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. • HEADROOMfootspace, 1980. Artpark, Lewiston, NY. • SWEATHOUSEandlittleprincipals, 1977-81. Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (1979). Contemporary Arts Forum in Santa Barbara, CA (1982). ==Major permanent commissions==

• sixbeastsandtwomonkeys (2009), Los Angeles, California (2008–09) • thinmanlittlebird (2008-2009), Indianapolis County Public Library, Indianapolis, Indiana • cloudsandclunkers (2003-2006), Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington • ROCKshadow(2002), Seattle, Washington ==Selected bibliography==

• Ollman, Leah. "Peter Shelton." Art in America. Mar. 2012: 173, illus. • Melrod, George. “Interview: Peter Shelton.” art ltd. May/June 2012: 50-54, illus. • Doktorczyk-Donohue, Marlena. “Simple Simply Isn’t, a Conversation with Peter Shelton.” Sculpture. April 2012 Vol. 31: 38-45, illus. • • Burlingham, Cynthia. Outside the Box, Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988-2010. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum and Los Angeles Museum of Art, 2010. illus. • Firmin, Sandra Q. Artpark 1974-1984. Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press and State University of New York, University at Buffalo Art Galleries, 2010. 134, illus. • Betinski, Elizabeta, Lyn Kienholz, and Corinne Nelson. L.A. Rising Art and Artists Before 1980. Los Angeles: California International Art Foundation, 2010. 415, illus. • Franciolli, Marco, and Manuela Kahn-Rossi. Donate Panza di Biumo. Lugano: Museo Cantonale d’Arte, 2010. 61-62, illus. • Westwater, Angela. HUNTERS & GATHERERS. Sent: Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, 2010. 8, illus. • Thomas, Elizabeth. Matrix/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009. 372-73, illus. • Zelevansky, Lynn. The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (BCAM/LACMA/2008) Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008. 181-82, illus. • Momin, Shamim M., and Adam D. Weinberg. Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria 25 Years. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2008. 25, illus. • Bostrom, Antonia, ed. The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008. xi, 1, 11, 151-153, illus. • Hoppe, David. “Public Icons, Peter Shelton’s library sculptures cast Indy in a new light.” NUVO [Indianapolis, IN] 29 Apr. 2009: cover, 10-12, 17, illus. • Collins, Judith. Sculpture Today. London: Phaidon Press, 2007. 373-74, illus. • Fox, Howard N, and Catherine Grenier. Los Angeles 1955-1985: Birth of an Art Capital. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2006. 46, 302, 317, 328, 354, illus. • Rochette, Anne, and Wade Saunders. “Place Matters: Los Angeles Sculpture Today.” Art in America. Nov. 2006: 180-81, illus. • Rose, Barbara. Monocromos de malevich al presente, Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Madrid, 2004. 19, 94, 95, illus. • Belli, Gabriella. Le Stanze dell’Arte, Figure e Immagini del XX Secolo. Trento: Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Roverto, 2002. 7, illus. • Panza di Biumo, Giuseppe. The Panza Collection. Varese: Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, 2002. 222, illus. • Minola, Anna, Maria Cristina Mundici, Francesco Poli, and Maria Teresa Roberto. Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino Roma New York. Torino: hopefulmonster editore, 2000. 421, illus. • Baker, Kenneth. “End of the Century Art: Production in Los Angeles.” Panza: The Legacy of a Collector. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999. 130-139, illus. • Brooks, Rosetta. “Peter Shelton.” Artforum. Mar 1998: 105-106, illus. • Neuman, David. Spatiotemporal Mars 10. Stockholm: Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, 1998. • Baas, Jacquelynn. sixtyslippers. Berkeley: Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, 1998. illus. • Knight, Christopher. “bodyknowledge.” godspipes blackelephanthouse. Dublin and Leeds: Irish Museum of Modern Art and Henry Moore Sculpture Institute, 1998. illus. • Biggs, Lewis and Robert Hopper. leaving tracks: arttranspennine ‘98. Liverpool and Leeds: Tate Gallery Liverpool and Henry Moore Sculpture Institute, 1998. 182-185, illus. • Panza di Biumo, Giuseppe. “La Exposicio a Sa Llonja.” Colleccio Panza di Biumo: Anys 80 i 90. La Laja: Govern Balear, Conselleria d’Educacio, Cultura i Esports, 1997. 9, 20, 22, 102-107, 150-151, illus. • Smith, Edward Lucie. Art Today. London: Phaidon Press, 1995. 60, illus. • Eliel, Carol. bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994. illus. • Kienholz, Edward. Peter Shelton. Hope: Faith and Charity in Hope Gallery, 1992. illus. • Eliel, Carol S. PETERSHELTONasculptor’sDRAWINGS. Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1992. illus. • O’Douherty, Brian. Twenty-Seven Installations: Portland Center for the Visual Arts. Portland: Oregon Art Institute, 1989. illus. • Princenthal, Nancy. “The Body in Question.” Sculpture. Sept./Oct. 1989: 24 - 29, illus. • Friedman, Martin. Sculpture, Inside and Outside. Minneapolis: Rizzoli, Walker Art Center, 1988. 7, 12, 16, 17, 216-231, illus. • Butler, Cornelia. Peter Shelton - Waxworks. Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 1988. illus. • Clearwater, Bonnie. Abstract Expressions in Recent Sculpture. Lake Worth: Lannan Museum, 1987. illus. • Monaghan, Kathleen. Elements: Five Installations. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1987. illus. • Fox, Howard. Avant-Garde in the Eighties. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987. 97,98, illus. • Tonelli, Dr. Edith A. floatinghouseDEADMAN. Los Angeles: University of California, Wight Art Gallery, 1987. illus. • Pietrantonio, Giancito Di. “I Luoghi Mobili Dell Indefinito: Neoinformale, Postastrazione E Neominimalismo.” Anniottanta. Milano: Mazzotta, 1985. 123, 152, 161, illus. • Caroli, Flavio. “Pittura Veloce, Post-Astrazione E Post- Naturalismo,” Catalogo Generale 1984, La Biennale di Venezia. Venice: Edizioni la Biennale, 1984. 201, 213, illus. • Knight, Christopher. Peter Shelton Sculpture. British Columbia: Open Space Gallery, 1982. illus. ==References==